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Troy M. Yoshino

Troy M. Yoshino

Partner

Vice-Chair of the Appellate Practice Group

San Francisco

415.989.5900

Expertise

Claims Under Consumer Protection Statutes

• Mr. Yoshino advises a broad range of clients on specialized issues arising under federal and state consumer protection statutes. He has significant experience in defending both private and public enforcement actions in regulatory proceedings, alternative dispute resolution, and in all phases of trial and appellate litigation.

  Statutory Disclosure Claims

  • Mr. Yoshino is active in the defense of claims alleged under truth-in-lending laws, debt collection statutes, federal and state privacy laws, warranty statutes, consumer protection laws, and a number of similar statutes.

Coordinated Class Action and Complex Proceedings

• Mr. Yoshino is active in the coordination and litigation of class actions and other complex claims, including alien tort claims, consumer protection, financial services, products liability, statutory disclosure, employment, and other matters. He is often extensively involved in the coordination of litigation/regulatory activities and strategies between numerous pending proceedings in multiple fora.

Cross-Border Litigation

• Mr. Yoshino advises companies on a host of issues that arise in cross-border litigation, including alien tort claims, Hague Convention issues, jurisdictional challenges, abstention/stay arguments, and other matters.

National Coordination Strategy and Programs

• Mr. Yoshino frequently develops national coordination strategies for a broad range of issues, both substantive and procedural.

Civil Appeals and Writs

• Mr. Yoshino is also experienced in handling appellate proceedings in a wide variety of areas, including constitutional law, class action practice, complex litigation issues, consumer protection, insurance coverage, jurisdictional, and preemption matters.

Publicly Available Opinions from Recent Cases

• ZAP, 2008 WL 451034 (Cal. App. 2d Feb. 21, 2008) (dismissal on pleadings of action alleging Unfair Competition Law and other business tort claims).
• Robinson, 2008 WL 728877 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 17, 2008) (granting motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction).
• IFPTE Local 21, AFL-CIO v. Superior Court, 42 Cal. 4th 319 (Aug. 27, 2007) (amicus urging privacy interests of public employees before California Supreme Court).
• Bauman, 2007 WL 486389 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 12, 2007) & 2005 WL 3157472 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 22, 2005) (successfully challenging jurisdiction in case asserting claims under Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victims Protection Act).
• Turner v. Aon Risk Servs., 2005 WL 2133723 (Cal. App. 2d Sept. 6, 2005) (securing favorable interpretation of release, causing dismissal of claims).
• McCann v. Lucky Money, Inc., 129 Cal. App. 4th 1382 (May 9, 2005) (limiting duty of disclosure under California’s Unfair Competition Law).
• Essex Ins. Co. v. Total Employee Mgmt. Co., 2005 WL 1023212 (Cal. App. 2d May 3, 2005) (obtaining reversal of judgment in insurance coverage matter).

Presentations and Publications

• The Consumer Legal Remedies Act, California Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law (Fourth ed., State Bar of California—Publication Pending).
• Coordination Programs and Strategies: The Essential Basis for Successful Product Liability Defense (with Justs Karlsons, publication pending).
• A Checklist for Defending Class Actions: 20 Best-Practice Tips, Diversity and the Bar (Nov.-Dec. 2007) (interview edited by Francisco Ramos).
• Position Paper Author, Product Liability Advisory Counsel Committee Regarding the American Law Institute’s Proposed Restatement of Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation (May 2007).
• CLE Presentation on Recent Developments in Wage-and-Hour Class Action Litigation (October 25, 2004).
• "Headwaters" Could Head Off Private Attorney General Suits, San Francisco Daily Journal (with David M. Rice) (September 23, 2004).
• Cover Your Ears: Despite What You’ve Heard, Class Action Principles Remain the Same After Sav-On, The Recorder (September 15, 2004).